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It's 1920 New Orleans and Jesse Pike is slowly ascending the New Orleans upper-class social scene. He's the owner of the most popular brothel in the entire city, and rubs shoulders with businessmen, corrupt politicians, and stage stars alike. He's also the leader of a violent street gang that pulls off the biggest heist of liquor since the beginning of prohibition. Jesse sets up a scheme to sell the booze, and use the profits to help him start a legitimate business. However, several obstacles get in his way: Clyde, the mentally disturbed oldest Pike sibling, is released from prison and takes issue with how Jesse runs things; Jesse's aging mentor refuses to let him leave behind crime; and an overzealous young DA decides to reopen an investigation into the liquor heist to increase his chances of being elected mayor. Jesse is forced to make a decision: does he walk away from a life of crime and his family forever? Or will he continue down the road of violence that has begun to erode his psyche, much as it has Clyde's? The Pike Boys, according to a reviewer, is a "compelling story of the Pike family's struggles against poverty, violence, substance abuse, mental illness, and their quest to rise above it all while living in the crime-ridden New Orleans of the gangster era." It has all the thrills, plot twists, and quick pace of conventional gangster fiction, with the heart, depth, and nuance of a literary novel. In between the shootouts, violence, and debauchery, there is the overarching question of "can people actually change?" The reader will see that the answer is not so simple-especially when you live in a place like New Orleans.

Brain freeze from a snowball triggers an idea for her invention report. Enthusiasm drives Zelma Key to research it the old-fashioned way - at Twice Sold Tales - where she butts right into a mystery. The smell of manure and words bursting in air persuade her that the shopkeeper needs help. Nice old Mr. Henry is threatened by a grubby man who says he purchased an unpublished book, but never received it as promised. The septuagenarian bookstore owner doesn't remember doing any such thing. He has three days to deliver it. But his memory is so sporadic; he doesn't remember he has a problem or a deadline. Eleven-year olds Zelma and Max share a secret. They see phenomenon, invisible to everyone else. They pool their brain power and phenomena to locate the missing book or prove dirty politics are behind the threat. What do a statue, fertilizer and a rosette have to do with Mr. Henry's enigma? See how Zelma and Max apply smart technology, retro toys, snowballs and colors to unravel the puzzle. WARNING contains real factoids. This story is set in New Orleans and is flavored with genuine characters and locales. Introducing the Phenomena Series

A French Quarter Mystery with a dash of paranormal, a pinch of history and splash of romance. !!FLASH!! Unbidden and unpredictable. That's what can happen when Echo touches objects and people. IFs - intuitive flashes. She's inept at interpreting her bizarre dreams and her IFs may be erratic, but the French Quarter locals have adopted Echo and her Insight Foresight Benevolent Foundation as their resident sleuth. It's the weekend of the Satchmo SummerFest. When a Jazz legend's house is demolished, the discovery of a 1939 newspaper photo and a silver key hidden inside a tarnished cigarette case, triggers assaults, mayhem and treasure hunting. The Foundation follows a spider web of clues, revealing an unsolved murder at the root of the mystery. Someone is obsessed with recovering the hand-tooled key Echo is safeguarding. Someone who wants the seventy-two-year-old secret to stay buried. Echo wrangles with making sense of old history, wacky dreams and nonsensical blues tunes while dodging and outwitting her adversary - until the menace escalates with a kidnapping. The ransom demand takes Echo on a chase through the French Quarter in a frantic search for the right keyhole.